New Year’s in Naples
After spending the morning of New Year’s Eve at Wakehurst in England, Greg and I flew to Naples, Italy to ring in the new year. Naples is known for its […]
The Best Chicago Deep Dish Pizza: Giordano’s vs. Lou Malnati’s
As I mentioned earlier, Greg and Kate spent Christmas in Chicago […]
The Paris Cafe
Before flying to Chicago for Christmas, my family first went to Paris. Sadly, not the city! Instead we headed to The Paris Cafe in the South Street Seaport for brunch. […]
Bryant Park Grill
Before the holidays, my mom came out to visit me for a girls’ weekend in the city. As is typical for a girls’ weekend, we did a few fashion-y activities, […]
Christmas at The NoMad Restaurant
Greg and I will be traveling a lot over the holidays visiting family (Chicago and Florida and Italy, oh my!) so we wanted to celebrate Christmas early with just the […]
Christmas Afternoon Tea at The Peninsula
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is celebrating the holidays with a festive afternoon tea with my girlfriends. We’ve done it the last two years (read about those here and here) […]
Cuba
Cuba. The name alone invokes images of music, dancing and revolution. Images of exuberance, of destruction, and of daily life toiling on despite the hardships. Cuba means a myriad of […]
Kleinfeld’s Bridal & Zio Ristorante
We recently had two special moments in my friend group: Ann’s engagement and Claire’s new job in Seattle! So to celebrate, we planned an evening of wedding dress shopping (for […]
Gabriel Kreuther
Before the October Ball at the New York Public Library, Greg and I decided to have dinner at Gabriel Kreuther, one of my favorite Midtown restaurants that’s a stone’s throw away […]
Calle Ocho
Ok, word of warning, this blog post is awful! (I know, I know, not a very good way to start a blog post)! But I do have an excuse, and […]
The Shakespeare
There are two things I love in life: London and food. (Ok and family and friends and dancing and travel… but those things don’t go with this blog post)! Anyway, […]
The Crooked Knife
Every New Yorker has the mantra “work hard, play hard” ingrained in their spirit. We are incredibly motivated, and hustle every day to accomplish our dreams. And while we’re proud […]
Upstairs
Matt is FINALLY here! For years my British friend Matt has been talking about moving to New York from Liverpool, and every time I got my hopes up something would […]
Boat Basin
Even though it’s only September, the Quadrille season has officially begun! Months of preparation go into every Quadrille Ball, with events each week through the winter. And it’s tradition to kick […]
Avena
Michelle (from my Hungarian birthright trip) was visiting New York City, so Michelle, Paola (also from the trip) and I had a mini reunion over dinner one night. After our […]
44½
After weeks of traveling it is so nice to be back in New York City! As fun as it is to try new types of food while on vacation, there’s […]